Announcing the change, Chancellor George Osborne said the updated qualifications would help Britain "lead the way in science and technology".

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That's the kind of investment in our own people that helped us lead the world in business and science and technology and medicine.

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She was also named to help lead the White House national program on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in November 2009.

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